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Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Developer Teases Game's Length and Development Time

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic won't be another bloated single-player game that takes over half a decade to develop, game director Casey Hudson has insisted. Via an interview with Bloomberg, we learned a few new details about the highly anticipated Star Wars RPG, which aims to be a spiritual successor to BioWare's much-loved Knights of the Old Republic. Hudson talked a bit about the aspirations for the final product, both for how long it will take to produce and how long it will take players to finish it. For starters, Hudson isn't backing down on his claims that Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic will release before 2030, but doesn't have an exact release date in mind. He noted that he has never spent more than four years on a...

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Subnautica 2 Gameplay Appears to Have Leaked, Just Days After Forza Horizon 6 and LEGO Batman

The early access launch of Subnautica 2 appears to be the latest game hit by pre-release leaks in a matter of days, after players managed to access both LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and Forza Horizon 6 before their official launch dates. Aquatic survival adventure Subnautica 2 is meant to arrive in early access for Xbox Series X/S and PC this Thursday, May 14. But over on reddit, what appears to be screenshots and a clip of PC gameplay have just been posted. Fans say that an unknown person apparently streamed the game last night, after somehow obtaining a working copy. It's an odd situation, so soon after confusion over exactly how Forza Horizon 6 leaked, and separately, a similarly bizarre situation where one player was...

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Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 – Meet the Xenomorphs and Other Enemies You'll Be Up Against | IGN First

Last week, we exclusively revealed Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, and today we'd like to introduce you to nine enemy types – and no, they're not all Xenomorphs – who will look to have you screaming "Game over, man!" as you fight together with up to three friends in the upcoming four-player PvE third-person shooter due out this summer for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Some you'll remember from the first game, and some are new. And the developers wanted us to make it clear that there are more enemy types you'll face than just these nine. We're spotlighting seven of the Xenomorph alien types you'll run into in Fireteam Elite in the gallery below, plus two different android foes (though one of them has more than two legs...). Say hello to the...

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Former Tekken Lead Katsuhiro Harada Sets Up Own Company, VS Studio

Former Tekken director, Katsuhiro Harada, has established his own game development company, VS Studio. Drawing on his 31 years of experience at Bandai Namco, Harada has teamed up with SNK Corporation — the developer/publisher best known for its Neo Geo system and fighting games like The King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, and Samurai Showdown — to found a studio that is "beyond tradition, crafted to perfection." The "VS" part of the newly formed studio's identity has "various meanings," reflecting the roots in Video game Software design — games, in other words — as well as "versus" in the sense of taking on a challenge. According to Harada, it also holds multiple other meanings symbolizing innovation and competition, too, including...

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GTA VI: The Billion-Dollar Masterpiece That Could Crash the Industry

They’re calling it the biggest entertainment launch of all time – a record GTA VI is set to smash, currently held by none other than its own direct predecessor. It seems like a no-brainer that developers Rockstar and publisher Take Two will be popping champagne corks like a 21-gun salute come November, but will it be a party or a funeral? The only difference, after all, is context. GTA V remains one of the most expensive games ever made, with a combined development and marketing budget believed to be well over two-hundred and fifty million dollars, numbers already utterly eclipsed by GTA VI’s protracted, beleaguered development cycle which has been marred by hostile data breaches and various internal struggles, but is also reportedly...

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The Sinking City 2 Preview: A Promising but Inconsistent Eldritch Horror Adventure

Not that long ago, it didn’t even seem like we were going to see a sequel to The Sinking City at all, since Ukrainian developer Frogwares was hit just as hard by the economic and material consequences of Russia’s invasion of the country in 2022. But in 2024, The Sinking City 2 was announced, in 2025 the Kickstarter to help fund it was completed, and earlier this month, I got to spend a couple of hours soaking in its cosmic juices. There are some differences small and large in this sequel – a different story and protagonist, a different titular sinking city, and scaling back from an open-world adventure to a more survival horror action game – but doesn’t this help the series float above its peers? A few things are pretty similar between...

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Ken Levine Explains Why Judas Isn't Focused on Cutting-Edge Tech

IGN recently spoke to Bioshock developer Ken Levine about his new game Judas and his thoughts on the ever-changing world of game development. He explained why cutting-edge tech and ultrarealism weren't appealing to him as a creator. "I don't think we've ever been a company that was like, oh my God, we need the latest and greatest technology. In the rendering space we've never been a company; outside of SWAT 4, we never really tried to do ultrarealism in our games," he explained. "It's expensive, and it doesn't age as well as sort of more stylistic things because BioShock still looks good, I think, because it wasn't trying to get every nut and bolt super realistically rendered. It was realistic-looking, sort of, but it was more...

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Bioshock creator Ken Levine Reveals Why Judas Took a Decade to Develop: 'We Kissed Many Frogs'

In a recent interview with IGN, Ken Levine explained why his next game Judas has been 10 years in the making. He revealed it's not because of technology but because the team was focused on creating stories that will respond to you when you're playing. "The reason it took so long is not really related to rendering technology or anything like that," he said. "It was figuring out how we crafted the system, this narrative Lego system that is combining modular elements together dynamically at runtime to make stories happen that are very reactive to the player." "So we had a technology, and then we had to figure out how to write a story for that. Like how do we write stories at maximum leverage? As much as you love the stories from...

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Subnautica 2 Global Release Times, Preload Details Confirmed

It's been quite the journey, I know, but it's almost here — Subnautica 2 is dragging us back down beneath the waves on May 14. Subnautica 2 is an open-water survival game from the creators of the original Subnautica series, wherein you can play alone or with friends and explore alluring biomes and discover fascinating creatures, crafting vehicles, tools, and bases to help survive a mysterious alien world. While there have been a few wobbles — including a painfully public falling out between developer Unknown Worlds and publisher Krafton — the game is finally releasing into early access later this week. As an early access title, Subnautica 2 launches as a work-in-progress, which means you may experience some issues and bugs along the...

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Dead Space Producer Doubts Dead Space 4 Will Ever Be Made: 'The Numbers Just Aren't There'

I have bad news for fans of EA's unsettling horror series, Dead Space — former writer and producer, Chuck Beaver, thinks a fourth instalment of the acclaimed sci-fi series is unlikely due to low sales despite its "fervent fan base." Talking on the FRVR Podcast, Beaver admitted that the "numbers just aren't there," adding that to recoup the costs of the franchise's high production values, any new game would need to sell over 10 million copies — a tall order for even a breakout horror game. “Any of the Resident Evils are selling around seven million [copies], that’s a pretty good number," Beaver said. "But, you know, companies now are looking for the next Fortnite. They need something that is a perennial moneymaker… something like a...

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Forza Horizon 6 Dev Bans Pirate Who Leaked Gameplay Footage Until the Year 10,000 — but Faces Uphill Battle Plugging the Leak

Forza Horizon 6 developer Playground Games is following through on its threat after the game was leaked online ahead of the official release date, with one pirate reporting a hardware ban until the year 10,000. Overnight, the Microsoft-owned studio threatened to ban anyone it found had accessed the leaked build of Forza Horizon 6, while denying it emerged as a result of a Steam pre-load issue. "We are aware of reports that a build of Forza Horizon 6 has been obtained prior to its release and can confirm this is not the result of a pre-load issue," Playground said in its statement. "We are taking strict enforcement action against any individuals found accessing this build including franchise-wide and hardware bans. We encourage fans to...

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Crimson Desert Dev Pearl Abyss Confirms Plans to 'Broaden the Game to the Next Level' — Including DLC

Crimson Desert developer and publisher Pearl Abyss has issued its latest financial results, revealing just how much money the breakout hit adventure game has made for the company, while also confirming plans to explore DLC. The single-player open world fantasy action game has sold a hugely impressive 5 million copies since going on sale on March 19. Korean company Pearl Abyss reported its financials for the first quarter of 2026, so up to the end of March. That means its revenue figures only include a couple weeks of Crimson Desert sales. Still, up to the end of March, Pearl Abyss said Crimson Desert brought in KRW 266.5 billion (approx. $178.8 million). Interestingly, the sales split between console and PC is approximately 50:50...

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Lies of P Sequel 'Enters Full Production Phase'

Neowiz and Round8's Lies of P sequel has now "entered full production phase." While we already knew that a sequel to the critically and commercially acclaimed 2023 soulslike was on the way, South Korean company Neowiz — which co-developed as well as published the soulslike adventure — has now confirmed, via its latest financial report to investors, that its prototype has been "approved," paving the way to a "full development phase." Unfortunately no release window was mentioned. Elsewhere in the financial report, the company intimated that income generated by Lies of P DLC, Overture, had now "stablized," and it was now "executing strategies for global IP franchising and fandom-centered operations to drive robust revenue growth." Oh...

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007 First Light Will Run at 60fps on PS5 Pro

After months of concerns regarding 007 First Light's performance, IO Interactive has confirmed the upcoming Bond game will run at 60fps. When 007 First Light's gameplay was revealed in September 2025, fans grew concerned about the game's performance. The frame rate appeared to be pretty choppy, particularly during big, busy action sequences. IO Interactive seems to have used its extra time on First Light's development to smooth out performance issues, and has confirmed that the game will run at 60fps on the PS5 Pro and will hit 60fps in performance mode on base PS5. 007 First Light will also have a quality mode, which will allow the game to have higher fidelity, but run at 30fps. IOI hasn't addressed performance on Xbox Series X, but...

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Call of the Elder Gods Review

Call of the Elder Gods, from developer Out of the Blue Games, handles a careful balancing act between story-focused adventure and puzzle solving with grace. As the long-awaited follow-up to 2020's Call of the Sea and its emotionally gripping puzzle-box adventure, it's another rare Lovecraft-inspired game that effectively wields the surreal mystery and emotional stakes of confronting the unknown, rather than the macabre aspects of cosmic horror you may expect. The original game focused on exploring a winding, lush island that gradually revealed deeper mysteries and crushing loss with its protagonist, Norah, and Call of the Elder Gods continues the story as a noticeably tighter sequel with two new protagonists who embark on a parallel...

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Update Leak Suggests Four Steam Machine Packages Available at Launch, Alongside Reservation Queue

Things have sure been heating up for the Steam Machine over the last couple weeks. On top of shipment data suggesting Valve's mini gaming PC is coming soon, code found in the latest Steam update hints at the different versions of the console that'll be available. Spotted by Wccftech, it seems like there will be four different versions of the Steam Machine, along with two versions of the Steam Frame, available at launch. However, while this does suggest there will be plenty of choices for the upcoming hardware, nothing yet indicates just how much the Steam Machine will cost. Luckily, even though we still don't know how much the Steam Machine will cost, it does seem like Valve will be employing the same reservation queue that it just...

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WWE Teaser Might Have Revealed the Gears of War: E-Day Release Date

Fans think Gears of War: E-Day could be coming as soon as September, because of a WWE teaser. Recently announced at Backlash in Tampa, Florida, Triplemania is the biggest event of the Lucha Libre AAA calendar. AAA is a subsidiary of WWE and will be hosting the premium live event over two dates in September, the 11th and 13th. The latter will take place in Ciudad de México, while the former’s location has yet to be revealed. But how does this all link to Gears of War? Well, the upcoming prequel, E-Day, is set to sponsor the event, as the logo for the game can be spotted at the end of a trailer posted on the Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide's social media accounts. Is this significant? Well, kinda. Games don’t normally receive this sort of...

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Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes Review

Arguably the most famous episode of the 2004 Battlestar Galactica TV series is also one of the first, called 33. In it, every 33 minutes, the relentless Cylons show up like clockwork to pursue Galactica, driving the crew to the breaking point. It was a brilliant concept for a TV show, and a very similar idea works quite well for Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes. This roguelike strategy game about leading a small fleet on a quest to link up with Galactica immediately after the destruction of Caprica borrows that ticking clock and combines it with an unceasing barrage of both missiles and crises, giving a tense edge to its strategic resource management and relatively simple 2D tactical combat. It's definitely worth watching at least...

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Directive 8020 Review

Making the leap to space feels like a big departure from the usually grounded horror of the previous games in Supermassive's Dark Pictures anthology series. But Directive 8020 reminded me that the sense of isolation, living in a bubble surrounded by forces hostile to human life, makes the dark beyond a great fit for this genre. Kicking off the second "season" of these self-contained tales of terror, the four-year hiatus after 2022’s The Devil in Me has brought a number of much-needed technical improvements and gameplay tweaks – though some of them are more well-considered than others. Directive 8020 follows the suspenseful journey of the Cassiopeia, a sleeper ship sent to scout for humanity's first exoplanet colony. This is framed to...

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Stellar Blade 2 Won't Be Published by Sony, Potentially Hinting at Multiplatform Launch

The sequel to Stellar Blade will not be published by PlayStation, developer Shift Up has confirmed — something that could point to a multiplatform launch for the forthcoming game. Instead, Korean company Shift Up will take on publishing duties itself for Stellar Blade 2, or whatever the game ends up being called. In an earnings relase, Shift Up said this move would help ensure its franchise's "unique appeal" was communicated to players "more directly and effectively." The first Stellar Blade launched as a PlayStation 5 console exclusive in April 2024, with a PC port then launching just over a year later in June 2025. Its arrival was received positively on both platforms, with players saying its gameplay mixed elements of NieR...

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Mouse: P.I. For Hire Sales Update

Mouse: P.I. For Hire, the stylish first-person shooter dressed up as a 1930s cartoon, has topped 730,000 sales since its launch in April. Publisher PlaySide confirmed the milestone during its financial presentation to investors, revealing that publishing and marketing costs have now been "recouped," which means that from now on, funds collated from the "continued strong sales performance" will contribute to PlaySide's FY26 revenue. That's now expected to be around $36-£38 million — up from $34.7 million. "The upgrade primarily reflects stronger than-expected unit sales and ongoing wishlist conversion of Mouse: P.I. For Hire across PC and console platforms, and has been achieved despite the delayed launch of the title and the absence...

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Fans Are Bracing Themselves for Spoilers After Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Walmart Codes Became Playable on Xbox

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight fans are bracing themselves for spoilers after some Xbox owners who bought the game digitally from Walmart found they were able to download and play. Redditor Dramatic-Track-9935 said they obtained a digital code from Walmart, which, when redeemed on their Xbox, let them download the game. Once the “ready to start” message flashed on-screen, they were able to jump in and play. Dramatic-Track-9935 published images to back up their claim. Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight officially launches on May 22, although Deluxe edition owners can play from May 19. IGN has asked Warner Bros. Games for comment. After the Reddit post caught attention, others tried to repeat the trick, and some reported...

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Forza Horizon 6 Suffers Disastrous Leak as Steam Preload Files Are Made Available Without Encryption

Forza Horizon 6 suffered a significant leak after the entire game was reportedly made available via an unencrypted Steam preload. According to various online reports, 155 gigabytes of unencrypted Forza Horizon 6 files were spotted on SteamDB over the weekend, four days ahead of early access and nine days before full launch. As a result of the leak, Forza Horizon 6 was made available to download from piracy websites. It appears the leak stems from the Forza Horizon 6 preload, which under normal circumstances allows players to download files in an encrypted format. When a game goes live officially, Steam will push an update through that decrypts the files so players can use them. It looks like the Forza Horizon 6 preload and its...

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Crimson Desert Adds Surprise Claw Machine Mini-Game and Lets Pet Dogs Attack Enemies as Part of Update 1.06.00

Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has released this week’s update as promised, and it adds what it said it would add. But it also adds a whole lot more, including a surprise claw machine mini-game that gives unique rewards. Update 1.06.00, rolling out across all platforms now, adds the extraction feature that lets players recover materials used in refinement. We knew this was coming, but we now know exactly how it works. The details are in the patch notes, below, but the upshot is special materials such as Artifacts and Aeserion's scale are recovered at 100% of the amount used (thank goodness!), and common materials such as iron ore, copper ore, and bloodstones are recovered at approximately 70% of the amount used. This should make...

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Rooster Season 2 Spoilers: Showrunners Say HBO Wants New Episodes Within a Year (Exclusive)

All 10 episodes of Rooster Season 1 are now streaming on HBO Max. The first season of Rooster just wrapped, but the team behind the breakout HBO comedy is already deep into planning Season 2. I spoke to showrunners BIll Lawrence, who also created Shrinking, Scrubs and Ted Lasso, and Matt Tarses (Sports Night, The Goldbergs) ahead of the Season 1 finale to break down what we can expect from a new batch of episodes – which is coming sooner rather than later. Season 2 of HBO’s Rooster will consist of 10 episodes and air within a year. “We’ve broken the first four episodes,” Lawrence says. “We’re doing 10, and HBO wants it on within a year or less. They’ve got us grinding, so we’ve been at it for a while.” “Bill’s looking to his...

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Rebuilding Sanctuary: The Making of Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred with Blizzard

“An expansion is not about fixing; it's about evolving,” Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred’s Associate Game Director Zaven Haroutunian tells me. “And if we do our job, they are expanding and evolving toward solving existing problems. That’s a win-win. I look at our teams as being heavy hitters when it comes to this stuff. They're operating at such a high level, and they've got enough experience under their belt where they can do just that.” Diablo IV debuted three years ago, and like previous entries in the groundbreaking action-RPG series, it has been evolving and expanding ever since. From regular seasonal updates and overhauls of existing systems to new activities and a story-driven campaign in the form of Vessel of Hatred, there’s been a...

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'His Voice and Delivery Was Human' — Darkest Dungeon Dev Says Red Hook Will Never Use AI to Replicate the Voice of Late Narrator Wayne June

Darkest Dungeon 2 developer Red Hook Studios has said it won't use AI to replicate the voice of deceased voice actor Wayne June. Studio co-founder Chris Bourassa spoke about how the passing of the iconic narrator will affect the series going forward in a reply to a post on the Darkest Dungeon subreddit (via Kotaku). He told fans to rest assured that Red Hook will "never, ever erode" June's legacy by using AI to attempt to copy his performance. "In one of his last emails to me, Wayne gave us permission to train an AI on his voice, something he'd staunchly opposed prior to the end," Bourassa said. "We'd never asked to do it. I think he was trying to put the game/team/fans first - offer us a 'way forward.' I declined, and we donated to...

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The Best Deals Today: DJI Mini 3, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Super Mario RPG, and More

A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save big on Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Super Mario RPG, Star Fox for Switch 2, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, and more. Check out our top picks for Sunday, May 10, below. DJI Mini 3 Drone for $379 DJI drones are well-known for being high-quality and expensive. Today, you can score a DJI Mini 3 (DJI RC) drone for $379.99, saving you 31% off MSRP. This drone packs in a 4K HDR camera, a 10km range, and up to 51 minutes of flight time. No registration is needed for this drone, meaning you can fly without any paperwork or remote ID. Save $20 Off Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for Switch 2 Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds launched late for Nintendo...

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Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Quietly Adds Denuvo DRM Weeks Before Launch

Developer TT Games and publisher Warner Bros. Games have quietly added controversial DRM software Denuvo to Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight ahead of its launch later this month. PC players were quick to raise the alarms after Reddit user luffy_3155 shared that the Lego Batman game's Steam page now features a 3rd-party DRM tag. The last-minute addition sees the anti-piracy measure baked into the game just weeks ahead of its launch for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S May 22, 2026. Game developers often include Denuvo to fight back against piracy, but the tech has faced backlash from PC players due, more than anything, to its negative effects on each individual game's performance. Now that Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark...

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Every LEGO Game You Can Play on Your PS5

Whether you grew up building with physical blocks or digital ones (or both), you've almost certainly experienced the magic of LEGO at some point. This beloved property has been bringing joy to children and adults alike for nearly a century, after all, and shows no signs of slowing down. So, it makes sense you might be interested in checking out as many LEGO games as possible on your PS5. Luckily, there are over 30 LEGO games available to play on PS5 across three generations — though it's worth noting that any from the PS3 era can only be streamed using a PlayStation Plus Premium subscription. Every LEGO Game on PlayStation 5 in Release Order Note: These are the LEGO games have native PS5 versions. LEGO Brawls (2022) LEGO Brawls is...

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